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J. G. NOYES.

TELEGRAPH REGISTER.

No. 875,788. Patented Jan. 8, 1888.

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TELEGRAPH REGISTER. N0. 375,766. Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOsEPH GILLET NOYEs, OE NEW YOEK, N. Y., AssroNoE To THE NEW HAVEN OLOON COMPANY, OE sAME `rLAoE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,766, dated January 3, 1888.

Application filed October 11, 1887. Serial No. 251,999.

To @ZZ whom it 11mg/ concern:

Be it known that LJOsEPH GILLET NOYEs, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telegraph-Registers, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to improvements in telegraph-registers, more particularly those shown in United States Patents Nos. 338,328

1o and 338,329, wherein the electro magnets, armaturelevers, and line-wire connections are carried by a slide at one end of the iustrument.

The invention has for its object to provide I5 improved means for making electrical connection between the electro-magnets and the 1ine-wires5 also, to improve the construction of other parts of such registers.

The invention consistsin the various details 2o of construction and combination ot' parts, that will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section on the line c c, Fig. 3, ot' a telegraphregister embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vert-ical cross-section of the Vsame on the line lc k, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on 3o the line c c', Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail crosssection on the line k 7c', Fig. 3, of the lower part of the instrument, the slide being removed. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailhorizontal sectional view of part of the slideand easing, showing the manner of holding the slide in the casing. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal detail sectional View of a portion of thelower part of the casing and slide, showing the posit-ion the metal springs assume when the 4o slide is being inserted in the casing; and Fig. 7 is an inner face view of the lower part ofthe slide.

Ain the drawings representsthe box or casing of a telegraph-register provided with 45 suitable mechanism, andB is a slide adapted to cover a portion of the top and one end of the casing A. The slide B carries the electromagnets a a and armature-levers b b, suitably secured. The electromagnets o a are pref- 5O erably arranged in pairs, as shown in Figs. 1

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and 2, each pair being provided with an armaturelever, b. The poles of the pairs of electro-magnets a a are electrically connected to binding-posts d d by means of conductors e c. Switches ffmay be used, if desired, to regulate the current, as best shown in Fig. 7. The posts d d are carried by a nonconducting plate, D, secured to the slide B.. The bindingposts d d are connected to springs g r/ made of suitable conducting metal. The springs g g 5o are arranged in pairs for connection with the magnetsa a. (See Fig. 7.) -The springsgg are Lshaped,the vertical arms being securely fastened to the inner wall of the non-conductor D or slide B and metallically connected to the bindingposts d d, while their inwardly-projeoting spring-arms are free to play up and down. These inwardly projecting arms are preferably bent slightly downward and their inner ends are turned upward, as shown in 7o Fig.6. 71, h are posts carried by the base of the instrument and which project Within the instrument, as shown. The posts h h are so arranged that when the slide B is placed in position the springs g g will bear upon them. By bending the springs g g downward, asin Fig. 6, good contact with the posts h his insured, and by turning up the ends ofthe downwardly-projecting arms they can easily slide upon the posts h h.

In Fig. 6 is shown the position of a spring when the slide is being placed in the instrument just as the spring contacts the post, and Fig. l shows the spring in position on the post. The posts hh are in electrical conneo- 8 5 tion with conductingwires t' i from a suitable generator. The wires i t' pass under the instrument.

W'hen it is desired to inspect the interior of the instrument, the slide B may be readily 9o withdrawn, the springs g g slipping oli the posts It h, by this means overcoming the necessity of detaching the conducting -wires from the binding-posts, as has heretofore been necessary, thereby saving time and annoyance.

Another advantage of this construction is that the connections of the conductors are within the instrument and not subject to exposure, and the wear on the conductors by Ico ends are secured studs m m, which project through the sides of the easing. The ends of the hooks Z Z are preferably beveled, as shown. Vhen the slide is inserted in the ease, the hooks Z Z pass between the inner walls of the casing and the springsjj,pressing said springs slightly inward. Vhen the notches in the hooks come opposite the vertical parts ofthe springs, said springs will snap outward and engage said hooks. Vhen it is desired to remove the slide, the studs fm m are rst pressed inward, which carries the springs inward away from the hooks Z Z. The slide is then free to be withdrawn.

E is the trip lever, adapted to release the clock-work at the proper time. The tripelever E is mounted upon an arbor, a, which arbor also carries a spring, o, adapted to bear upon the main-spring drum F,as shown. The lever E and spring o are of usual construction. W'hen the lever E has been moved by the electro-magnet to releasethe clock-work,the drum F, acting upon the spring o, moves said lever back to check the running of the works. By causing the spring o to bear upon the drum F with more or less pressure the time at which said lever shall cheek the running of the works can be regulated. Heretofore to adjust the pressure of said spring it was necessary to remove the slide and then move the spring along the arbor. I accomplish the adjustment of the spring from the outside ofthe easing and without removing the slide by the following means:

pp are two set-serews carried by the casing A, and they are adapted to project through the walls of the easing, as shown. The screws p 45 fp have conical depressions in their inner ends and receive therein the pointed ends ofthe arbor n. These screws thus serve as a bearing for the arbor n.

When it is desired to adj ust the spring o with reference to the drum F, it is only necessary to 5o move said screws together in one direction toward either side, which will move the arbor n, and consequently the spring o, in the desired direction,causing the spring to bear with more or less pressure against the drum F. This manner of adjusting the spring o will be found convenient and much time can be saved.

'Ihe arbor n could be journaled in the screws p otherwise than shown, if desired 5 but I prefer the above mode.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a telegraph register, the electro-magnets a' and binding-posts d in electrical connection,and L-shapedsprings r/,having upturned inner ends connected with the binding-posts d, all carried by and combined with the slide B, in combination with the bindingposts h in the base of the instrument for connection with a generator, the strips g being adapted to bear upon and slide over the posts 71, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a telegraph-register, the combination, with the slide B, of the' magnets a a and of the springs gg, arranged in pairs, each pair being electrically connected with the magnets, substantially as described.

3. In a telegraph-register, the easing A and springs jj, secured to the inner walls thereof, the springs j having studs m, in combination with the slide B and hooks Z Z, carried thereby, the springs j j acting inward and outward against the hooks Z Z,snbstantially as described.

4. In a telegraph-register, the combination ofthe casing A, trip-lever E, arbor n, spring o, and screws p p, carried by the casing, said screws acting as movable bearings for the arbor of the trip-lever and as means of adjusting the tension of said spring, substantially as de scribed.

JOSEPH GILLET NOYES.

Witnesses:

T. T. BOURNE, CHARLEs G. M. THOMAS. 

